The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 14, 1916, Page 7, Image 7
MORE OR LESS AN ESTIMATE
How the Census Bureau Arrives at
What It Calls the Center of
Population.
In locating the center of population
It is first assumed to be approximately
at a certain point. Through this point
a parallel and a meridian are drawn,
crossing the entire country. The prodmet
of the population of a given area
by its distance from the assumed parallel
is called a north or south moment,
and the product of the popula
nun ui me area Dy its distance from
the assumed meridian is,, called an
east and west moment. In calculating
north and. south moments the distances
are moasured in minutes ot
|arc; in calculating eaBt and west moments
it is necessary to use miles on
: account of the unequal length of the
; degrees and minutes in different lati
jtudes. The population of the country
is grouped by square degrees?that is.
1'by areas included between consecutive
para' bis and meridians?as they are
convenient units with which to work.
The population of the principal cities
lis then dedticed from that of the re
spectlve square degrees in which they
lia and treated separately. The center
of population of each square de
gree is assumed to be at its geo
graphical center, except where Bucb
an assumption is manifestly lncorreol;:
in these casus the position of the cen
tAr fit
Fwi>umuuu ui me square degree
tls estimated as nearly as possible
The population of each square de
gree north and south of the assumed
parallel is multiplied by the distance i
of Its center from that parallel; a sira
liar calculation is made for the prln
clpal cities, and the sum of the north
moments and the sum of the south
moments are ascertained. The dif
ferenee between these two sums, di
vlded by the total population of the
country, gives a correction to the lati
tude. In a similar manner the sum;of
the east and of the west moments
are ascertained and from them tin
correction in longitude is made.
DECIDE ON FRUITS' RIPENESS
Experts Have Settied Question Which
Has Long Been a Matter of
Serious Moment,
When is an orange ripe? Unci*
Sam has been puzzling his experts
^ ( with this query for some time and
finally the bureau of chemistry has
decided, anyway, when an orange is
unripe. According to the finding,
which applies both to Florida and
camornia fruit, oranges are consid-i
red "Immature if the juice does not
contain soluble solids equal to or in
excess of, eight parts to every part of
acid contained iuice. the acidity
of the juice to be calculated r?TTtlTi<L,
acid without water or crystallization."
The same applies to Florida grapefruit,
except that the ratio of soluble
olids to the acid must be seven to
ne, or better.
Tlio decision was necessary because
of the alleged practice of growers of
picking the fruit green and "steaming"
it yellow either in warehouses or in
transit to market. In nmny instances
the fruit contained so little sugar and
so much acid that It was injurious to
digestion, especially to the digestion
of children.
i
Danger From Above and Below. ;1
An old lady who lived alone outside ;
a small English villnge was nervous of ,
Zeppelins, so she made careful luqui- .
rios as to her best course.
"1 don't think there's much to worry
about," replied the vicar in answer to (
her questions, "but, if you like, you 1
can do as some folk are doing?sleep 1
in the cellar." j
With profuse thanks, the old lAdy i
went on to alter her domestic arrunge- i
omenta. Dut in half an hour she was .
back again, anxiety once more wrin- ,
kllng her brow.
"The cellar's all right for Zeppelins,
sir" she said, "but suppose one '
o' them there submarines comes Instead?"
i
Valuable Asset.
There Is no more valuable asset hi j
business than politeness, and this is f
true in almo..t every section of society.
Wo prefer to trade with a courteous
person; we resent a push from
a fellow traveler or a shove from a
conductor; we choose our friends v
\ from those who seem to be kindly dis- h
~ posed toward us; we Judge a man by t
his conduct toward those who serve e
him. Nevertheless, this reaction Is ,i
almost Involuntary.?Christian Reg- ,
later.
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Cause for Excitement. ' p
Mose Johnson, colored, handy man c
around the factory, came In late one H
, morning, appearing to laber under con- p
siderable excitement. "What's the matter,
Mose?" asked the foreman. "Sick, l>
suh." "That's too bad." "Dat alnt 1
de wust ob It. I'se got to have op'ra- a
tlon p'fohmed." "What kind?" the P
foreman queried. "Well, suh, de doc- n
tab says I'se gotta hab mah asteroids d
tooken out." ?ti
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I a.
Thought Ho Had Fleaa.
George, five, was taking a walk with '
hla papa. It was warm and hla under- i P
wear waa acratchlng him. Ho stopped ! v
and began to acratch himself. As he | a
did so he said to bis papa: "Do you T
know I have fleas?" "Well," said hla tl
papa, "what makes you think that?" ^
This la what he replied: "When doge
acratch themselves people aoy they .
have fleaa, and ain't I acratchlng?"
y 1st
T
CATAWBA COUNTY |\
FIGHT IS BEGUN
B
Advocates Ask Manning for
Commission
CI
The first gun iu the fight for Ca- 0
tuwba county was fired Monday at w
a public hearing before Gov. Man- a
n'ng, which was attended by nearly o
:{00 citizens of York, Chester and n
Fairfield counties. A majority of>
I 0<
those attending the hearing were ^
from Kock Hill, the proposed county| s
sent. After listening to the argu- e
ments by attorneys tor both sides p
Gov. Manning said ihat he would n
take the matter under consideration G
and later announce his decision. a
Advocates M' the new county told g
u
tlie governor that the question
appointing a commission to invest!- ?
gate the proposition and make re- t,
port was the onelv one for the chief tl
executive to consider at this time. tl
Opponents of the new unit claimed ' *
that the new county can not be form-i r
ed because it is clearly in violation j
of the legislative act of 1912. which] *
forbids "shoestring" counties. rj
The advocates in reply stated that
the question of the shape of the'
county was not up for consideration
and that the appointment of a com ] tl
mission was the only matter that h
should he brought before the gov- h
ernor. 8
It. H. Welch, of the Columbia bar, ?,
supported by more than 200 advo- ^
cates, appeared in behalf of the. ^
new county. Attorneys making ar-; B
gument in opposition to the county] 0
were; W. W. Lewis, of York; J L.J tl
Glenn and A. L. Gaston, of Chester:' h
J. R. McDonald, of Fairfield; and | 1'
G. \V. Itngsdnle, of Fairfield.
i s
The argument before the governor!
was opened by Mr. Welch, who ro-4 (
viewed the laws that have been pass- t
r?l governing the formation of a new c
county. He said that it was noti I:
necessary at this time to t;o into the v
question of area, wealth and popula- *
tion of the new unit, as was the case 1
\
12 years ago, before the passage of .
certain acts. > v
"The only issue." said Mr. Welch, i o
"is the appointment of a commission, t
and we do not intend to ask you to' t
order this election contrary to any1 '
existing law."
A POOll LAW t
t
It's a poor rule that won't work j c
both ways. We don't know who first j I
gave" utf. P-1G -that well known {
aphorism, but we take til? liberty of
1.1
ninniMh it purutiy mereon. * t
foot. that "it's a had law that won't' 'J
work both ways." t
It is commonly known that there i
la written on the statute hooks of 0111 a
atato a law known as the "law of ^
libel." In short, if a newspaper, a
either consciously or unconsciously, "
deliberately or without intent, prints i |
a statement about a man that is in ; ^
the sllghtes* measure derogatory to i
film, that man can bring ait for dam-, n
tgos against the newspaper. In fact.
i newspaper can he sued for printing;
*n error. If a white nan is erron-l
?ously referred to as a negro, that t
constitutes grounds for a suit, and f
suits have heen brought against pa- a
pors of this state on such grounds.
V newspaper may receive from a cor- g
respondent ;in article for publication v
vhich it takes to he correct and p
proper and prints* in good faith, but ti
f there is anything in the article ^
hat Is construed as an unwarranted d
eflection on any one. the newspaper ^
?regardless of its innocence in the '
natter?may he sued for libel by the ,
>ffondod party. ^
ip oofcinninK that It'a a poor lau . in
>at won't work both ways. ?An?l er-! ao
>n Intelligencer. on
The merits or demerits of the law I g)
s not the question under considern-j
Ion Just here. We may save the
oplr for future discussion.
The most irresponsible and worthess
creature in human form that ()
valks the face of the earth may [ ^
iring on the above grounds against *
ly> newspnper that prints nn>thing| ei
oncerning him which he thinks is' 01
lerogatory. He may not win his case, i ei
nit he can put the paper to a lot
f trouble and expense defending the
ult. But this same irresponsible
ier?on may stump the state. If he sj
hooses, and both publicly and priv- v?
tely denounce any and all newspa- I'
era, newspaper publishers, newspa- w
er editors and newspaper workers 7
i the most slanderous terms iinaRin-j jJ
ble. and the newspapers, newspaper |
uhlishers. newspaper editors and i
ewspaper workers are without re-j
ress. Newspapers of this particular j
tafe have for a Rood many years ;
r>me 'n for much of this sort of' .
i ot
reatment from the hands of politj- j ftr
lans, and others not politicians, but ; jn
ersons with a Rruuch. real or itn-j nc
binary, against newspapers Renor- J
lly or some newspaper in particular, i
he newspapers must take it. for
lev have no other rholre in 11i?- j
tatter. And that's why we said in ^
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'HE LANCASTER NKW
IOT DESTITUTE OF KINDNESS
ig Man Had Some Thoughtfulness Ir
Spite of His Exhibition of a
Selfish Spirit.
The tube train was crowded with
ommuters hurrying to catch trains
ut to Jersey towns. Just as the doors
rere closing two men rushed on?one
little old Jew. gray and bent; the
thor. a big. fat. prosperous lor ting
lan. who shoved and pushed his way
1, until he found a place where he
ould read hlB paper comfortably, re
ardlesa of the fact that he had
lepped all over the old Jew and sev
ral other people, without even an ap
earunce of apology. The Jew had
lurmured some words as to whether
;ii3 n am was rignt ror "such and such
place." A shouted "yes" from the
uard and another shove from the fal
iuu, and the old fellow subaldod.
When we finally reached the Btatior
nd everyone tried to beat his neigh
or off, what was our surprise to set
he big man stand quietly aside, tak?
he old Jew by the arm. tell hira tills
83 bis stop, and ghe him further di
actions as to his destination?repeat
ig his words twice, for the old man
as too scared to comprehend at first
-and then go on Ills way.?New York
'lines.
Learn to Seek Happiness.
There are many people who seem tc
hink that happiness Is a thing, like a
ouse, or a dress, that you can gel
old of and keep, as it wero a pos
ossion of your own. It isn't. It's 8
tate of mind! a quality of character
ou have to work for it aa you work
ar other-desirable qualities. And yor
ave to keep on working. Teach your
iu I ?D|/unu it; cttijlilliig IUVt'1)
r cheerful, to see beauty, to enjox
he society of other persons, to de
ight in work, to find enthusiasm ii:
lay. Teach yourself interest in the
troggles and hopes of others; th<
ort of interest that is of use, that if
. help. 1/earn to enjoy the many little
hings that turn up Jay by day. Make
he most of your own mind, your owr
a pacifies. Don't sit around ponder
ng wh?ther you arc happy or not
whether or not life is worth living
-ive it thoroughly; keep awake to al
he wonder of it. and you'll be happx
srithout knowing it. at first, until yot
lave gone along far enough to reallz<
ehat happiness it i*. Except in time!
if real tragedy and great suffering
lappiness, in some at least of its
nyriad forms, is possible; is a duty
ndeed.
Likely to Become Great Industry.
The palm and palm-kernel oil Indus
ry or west Arrloa Tmls fair to riva
he cottonseed-oil industry of thii
ountry. It 1b only waiting for im
roved methods in cultivation an<
reparation for the market, as the (lclc
or cultivation of the palm is practi
tally unlimited. Naturally the value
>xtent and importance of this oil In
iustry iff AiPnfcJC ?'Ut faintly renlizet
?y persons other
nterested in the trade. The amour?
if oil annually exported frvim iirltisl
Vest Africa alone is ,iow probabij
.bout 110,000 tons, and of kerncli
20,000 tons. The palm tree front
1 hlcli the pal: t fruit is obtained ii
ndigenous, an I grows in e?*.ormoui
uantities on the west coast, the urea
extending frc.tu three t? four hundret
atles hack into the interior.
And Besides Biddy Didn't Care.
I.ittln I...InU_ '--J
?... ..mvo .-.?o iioin?,,r iceci
ho hewc. As they scrumMed for theii
ood, one ill-natured biddy pecked at
rtothcr, pulling out. a bunch if tail
athers. Ruth looked at the feathers
hen at the unfortunate hen. Then a
reat idea dawned upon her, and wttli
isions in her mind of a hat witli
lumes, she called her mother's atten
ion to the feathers on the ground
lother misun lerstool. "Never mind
ear, they'll grow back," she said. As
tuth pictured her dolls with plumed
ats, she doubted her mother's state
*ent. Hopefully she tried again
Mother, can't I have the feathers? 1
on't think they'll grow back."?Kanas
City Star.
Too Much of a Good Thing.
CJrubbs?"I understand that the
Inks-Jinks wedding has been post
onud indefinitely." Stubbs?"Yes,
liss Iilnks learned thai young Jinks
us beginning to manifest an Interst
in politics, and said she thought
ne politician in a lainily was quite
lough."?Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Make the Occasion.
Young men talk of trusting to the
>ur of occasion. That trust Is In
?ln. Occasions cannot make spurs,
you expect to wear spurs you must
in them, if you wish to use them
>u must buckle them to your own
?els before you go into the fight.?
Lines A. Garfield.
Supply of Fat a Necessity.
Fats, which form about 15 per cent
the weight of the body, are found in
oats, vegetable products, butter and
her dairy foods. It Is largely through
i excess of fat that protein la stored
the body, to be drawn upon when
teded. *
Her Cattle.
Klsle was naughty, and her mother
is driven to box her ears soundly in
e very presence of a couple of visitg
aunts. Through her tears she
bbed. "And this is the sort of a thing
e must endure In one's own houso "
g AI'KIL 14. 101C
lElpEcsro;
] SUFFERING SIX YEARS '
11
1 Mrs. Roberts, of Columbia, Vain- 1
ly Tried Many Ways to Combat
Ills.
UNDERWENT OPERATION
I Aflt r Taking Two llottlt's of Tanla<\
I ,
She Was SlrtmK Knongh to Bo\
With Her Son.
I
t Prompted by a feeling of gratitude
that apparently was deep and'
| sincere. M. A. Roberts, of Tdl As- '
^ seinhly street, Colunihia, one of tlii{
city's well known plumbers, told a, '
' story that will necessarily make a
deep impression upon many, for it l
> is a story of human suffering and of i
> the means which brought a feeling
, of contentment, peace and "good will
toward men.''
It is another one of the remark-;
able Tanlac stories, and as mankind '
1 is heir to suffering, Mrs. Roberts' 1
t statement almost assumes the import
lance of a sermon, he said; i
"I shall bo glad to tell you how 1
Mrs. Roberts at last regained her ,
strength, and 1 shall tell you why ]
she can now engage in boxing | ,
' matches with our 16 year old son
1 instead of conducting herself as one
- broken in health.
"For a number of years Mrs. Rob 1
i erts suffered acutely with kidney
troubles and chronic appendicitis,
with their accompanying ills. Sic
was generally run down in health,
and was forced to undergo an opera- '
lion, which, however, gave her little
relief.
"Sin- perhaps suffered equally as
much with liver troubles, and. dui
ring n operation, a surgeon 1
moved several hundred small gaU '
s stones. He \ c? me a bottle con- j
i tai'iing two hundred and thin.
5 stones, which were scraped from hi
' liver. During the past five years s
' tier health lias been very unsatiafac I
torv. I spent prartit-ally all I earned
paying the bills for niediacl servic<
for her. r
"She was so sore on her right side I
I i !. :i t <>nn 1 <1 nnl !*..*? ? I
r touch it. because all our efforts to
i t i 11 (I relief 11m<I failed. She bocanu
? discouraged. We saw almost ev>-r\
, day a statement in the papers by
someone who had been greatly helped'
by Tanlac, and she decided to give jt
1 a trial. We certainly arc thankful
we did. and we are also thankful we'
were priviledged to get it.
"This is the reason: Mrs. Roberts
feels fine now. And from a weight
of one hundred and seventy pounds.
. when she last weighed before taking
Tanlac, she has increased in weigh:
to more than two hundred pounds.
She was forced to increase by four
' inches the waists of all her cloth<
1 I have seen iter on several nc<;>si
ions boxing with our sixteen y , i < !.!
i, son. and she says she can now talc
. as much punching on her right .-.Me
j as on the left, so completely was
the soreness in that side r>-mnv< *
I n mit' sin: was lUKIIlg lan'ai .
p-- ? Roberts lias tak a jo- i >
bottles of Tai* ?ow
. third botfle. Sin- di T V.''
to start the third bottb became *V?M"
is gaining weight so rabidly.
sa\ she does not need nn- lidn. ;;ov.
Rtaljy, iter rerot'erv ha? been mot1
than ema.*I;abie. and lam move than :
I glad to toll tin publlt of the great
benefit it brought her* We certainly]
are fitron.U boosters for Tanlae, for
t has done more for Mrs. Roberts'
than all the other medicines. We
I have nraed unite a number "1 <>
. friends to take Tanlae for their
j troubles."
. Tanlae, the master medicine. Is
-old exclusively bv .T. P. Mackey Q*
Oo.. Lancaster; Peonies Drug $
' 1*0. Co.. Henth Springs: C. O. Flovd
i Kershaw. Price: $1 per bott'e
1 straight.
TliK SOXO OF THE PLOW
1
1 cut through the furrows.
The brown loam springs high;
The sunlight is golden
The blue of the sky
Firings promise of summer.
Of frnit and of grain
I cut through the furrows,
It's sni inirt 1 nif> oi'oln '
I rut through the furrows;
The flash of my steel
Is sword-like, hut peaceful;
How happy I feel! i.
The winter is over. ^ j
The summer is near;
I cut through the furrows. : i
Tor springtime is here! ! [
i!
I cut through the furrows, <i
As if In a dream? ! ;
I see the eorn waving. j j
Tiie faint golden gleam
Tliat blooms in the summer?
I hurry and hum:
I rut through the furrows? '
The springtime has come! ? i
!n
I cut through the furrows j j
With Joy in my soul;
I wish the whole world
Might he happy and whole.
I wish that the swords !
Of the nations might be X
| Just plowa-? and the .springtime ii.
I Might eome o'er the gen, J
! ?Mnriraret R. flangater. Jr. j
Old Sores. Cth^t RemeJtet Won't Cuu T
The worst Pr eoiterof how Ion* (tandioi X
s?e cured t?v i.<r old reliable D: +
?'or>r'4 >n? -'.of Oil. T*. telle '? ?
U I'm' ? .. . e vatic lltac SOc f:.i*
WICKEDEST CITY ON EARTH]
Irkutsk, in Siberia, May Weil Lay |
Claim to That Aftojjether Unenviable
Distinction.
lit
Which it- the wickedest city in the
world ?
If you ask an American this quee- lie
ion, he will probably name Chicago, an
vhich has a raost unenviable reputa
ion. Hut he will be wrong. The dis- ,u
redit undoubtedly belong to Irkutsk.
n Siberia. The population of lhkut<?k J(i,
-the very name has a cut-lbi'oat |
-ort of stwind about it?is 1110.000. an?lj":l
very year five hundred murders ate I ah
:ommitted there. That ;e a worlds nil
ecord; and. what is worse, the rxiur- Th
ierer* generally pet off scot-free, for f,t
irrests average only about one In
?very flftv murders, and ?>nly one-half
)f the arrests are followed by convlcJons.
In order to remedy this state of at- ,I'
iaire, Irkutsk once decided to have a '
rlgilance committee of its own. as
It got one?the worst vigilance com Al
mittee on record, for ex-convicts and j?j
fcctive thugs enrolled themselves by v,
:he score, and were given exceptional ,
power by the governor.
The reign or terror which followed ' 1
Is unparalleled in criminal history Vt
The police were massacred. Rich
merchants were shot in broad day hi
light, under pretence of being bus of
pects. A system of "house-inspec flv
Lion" and "penal confiscation" was in OI]
Imrlll, rwl ?. ?
i?vMu- i, ??i*i \n nao auwi ULI nov u: i r,
Baying wholesale burglary.
TO sI.EKK IN TENTS J
, on
om tikiI' >1.inning .iikI Stuff to < 0111(1
ut liock Kill.
I yo
Governor Manning Monday sen' !
ut a all for his staff to attend the)
"onfederati vet. rails' reunion in | wl
lock ttill Apiil 25 and 26. Th> 'In
rov.rnor and the members of his;
?;.:; v ill sleep in tents while nttendn
the reunion. 54
FARMERS' I
Don't they fit in nice lust a
uf the best old-line companies hav
Aren't Lancaster and York countM
ave to organize?
D. E. BON
YOKK - - S<ll
We
AbsdhsMi
* ''Ayi U.<1 ft ?
Guarat
1
Luzianne Coffee will Si
you in every respect.
*?
1U1 111C1 ^ liill i tl net' 111 el I
pound of Luzianne will i
far as two pounds of che
coffee. If, after using th
tire contents of one cai
cording to directions, yo
satisfied on both these
empty can away and g<
f rom the grocer. He wil
out quibble. Buy this
coffee today. Write foi
IJJZiA
' The Reily -Taylor C
; Phone Us Y<
Orde
We handle everything good t<
& Sanborns Coffee, 35, 30 and i
& Sanborns Teas.
Try one of our Stone POUN
o., ~ u ? j /-'i
ouuucmii iinu i,uucoiace.
from the very best ingredients i
Our fruits are always fresh
Oranges, Grape Fruit, Lemons, I
Cabbage, Irish Potatoes.
Call u> and get your goods v
Edwards &
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I
\H.HT Wfl I UK sTWlS
\V? too much indoors. Even
hen uigi.t 'onies w? turn up the
tup j.n . - ' ithin Its excluding cire
to r?ad :.a< other indoor men
ive written. or we i.o out, hastily
id under cover oi tfc* street lights,
get within other walls where folks
e gathered to see or hear some:rg
of what others have done in
'.is and plays and lectures. Or we
on the shaded porch with trees
nut, so that the vast encircling
gilt is only coolnes- and a breeze.
ie stars do not get much chance
'is. Thus we keep the universe
ay from our souls. These seandaln~.
gos-iping little villages always
undei root's and behind blind*
d curtains as -f in ainbusb, that
<-h inhabitant might lie in wait
ain.-i th? reputation of the other
most all of those who wrote the / '*
ble I'ved in flatroofed houseB and.''
-nt up on the housetop when dory
is done so that the wheeling plants
and ihe whole host of the stars
-ie their familiars. It was in that
rht that they thought of man and
s destiny. In this modern confusion (
change we need the eternal inicnces?the
moon etching patterns
i lake and roadway, the night
earning of the rivers, the solemn
auty of the Milky way, the steadiness
of the north 3tar. Night
ight to free us from the littleness
the day's doing and life the heart
the things that are above and bend
our dues. fi< n Colliers
Tin- regular teachers examination
ill be held at the court house, Friy.
May r.th, beginning at 0 a. m.
V. A. Lingle,
<'o. Supt. of Education.
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V1UTUALS
it this time when nearly all
e withdrawn from the State?
?s fortunate that they don't
[EY, Agent
"Til (AliOLIW
&
""
u are not absolutely
points, throw the
^t your money back
1 give it to ycu withbetter
and cheaper
r premium catalog.
NNE;
COFFEE
o. New Orleans
i
>ur Easter j
jrs |
7ii
[> eat. We handle Chase
25c packages; also Chase
\ j
D CAKES; Silver Slice, !!
These cakes are made ' \
*nd are sure to please.
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and the best. Apples
Sananas, fresh Tomatoes. ?
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t
Vchout waiting.
: Horton 1
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